Friday’s AFL 2017 Round 18 match is between Adelaide Crows and Geelong Cats. The opening bounce is set to commence at 19:50 local time with the game to be played at Adelaide Oval. The home team Adelaide Crows are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Adelaide Crows and Geelong Cats.

A mouth-watering match between the ladder-leading Crows and second-placed Cats. Adelaide have lost the past five against the Cats, although four of those fixtures have been in Geelong. But to be considered genuine premiership contenders, the Crows must claim Geelong’s scalp. Adelaide’s vaunted attack.

led by in-form captain Taylor Walker, gets the plaudits for being the highest-scoring team in the comp but the Crows also boast a defence ranked third for scores conceded. Can their blue-collar midfield match it with Geelong’s blue-chip onballers? Geelong have named star onballer Patrick Dangerfield, but he must prove his fitness.

Key: Geelong skipper Joel Selwood averages 29.64 disposals against the Crows – his highest average against any team. Adelaide don’t usually deploy a tagger but surely they’ll try to put the clamps on the inspirational Cat.Tip: Adelaide by 6 points